Montreal: Printed for the Author by John Lovell, 1871. Original maroon bevel-edged cloth. (2), (xvi), (17)-506, (4) pp. A VG copy. "A valuable history based on papers belonging to the author's father, an H.B.C. employee, and written under the eye of his uncle, William Mactavish, another old company servant." - Peel 328 Hargrave (1841-94) was born in York factory to a Hudson's Bay Company family and entered service himself in 1861, being stationed in the Red River area 1861-64 and then in Edmonton 1884-89. He was said to have retired with a fortune of half a million dollars.; Octavo